VJ Books Presents Author Suzanne Arruda!

Suzanne Arruda, a former zookeeper-turned-science teacher and freelance writer, is the author several biographies for young adults. She has also published science and nature articles for adults and children and is a regular contributor to a weekly newspaper supplement.

Arruda grew up in Greensburg, Indiana, where her interests generally revolved around the outdoors or animals. She received a masters degree in wildlife ecology. After that she worked for Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks in their Pratt museum, then as a research assistant on the Konza Prairie at Kansas State University. Suzanne earned a Master's in Education in order to pursue a teaching career.

When Arruda began writing, she targeted the children's magazine market and then branched into the adult market. She has written seven novels in the Jade del Cameron Series.

Arruda is a member of the Mystery Writer's of America, Sisters in Crime (SInC), the "Border Crimes" Chapter of Sisters in Crime, and the Missouri Writer's Guild and is a charter member of the southeast Kansas Chapter of Women in the Outdoors.